To those who, in spile of the preceding considerations, 

 are still skeptical, we present the following table which 

 will enable them to understand the important changes 

 brought about in the model of the thoroughbred breed 

 during the last half century. 



TABLE OF MEASUREMENTS 



Inclination to the 

 Horizon 



of tlie 

 Ilium 



30° to 35' 

 23°.S 



of the 

 Femur 



78° 



80° 

 48°,02 



Ilio- 

 femoral 

 Angle 



100 



117° 



iio°to 115 

 7i°.S^ 



This table comprises measurements taken at different 

 times. 



The first measurements refer to Fitz-Gladiator, foaled 

 in 1850, died in 1874, a good race horse, but especially 

 illustrious as a sire. He is the father of Gabrielle-d'Es- 

 trees and of Mon Etoile, of Compiegne, of Vertugadin 

 and of Orphelin. He claims among his descendants 

 Mortemer, Verneuil, Chamant, Saxifage and Tenebreuse, 

 and a host of other animals remarkable for their confor- 

 mation, and for their performances and particularly bril- 

 liant over long distances. 



These measurements were taken by those learned pro- 

 fessors at Alfort (the French Military Veterinary Col- 

 lege — Translator), Messrs. Goubaux and Barrier (Traite 

 d'Exterieur, 1884). 



The second measurements, date from 1877, they are 

 averages figured by M. Lemoigne, professor at the Veter- 

 inary School of Milan. 



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